2020-2021 Kindergarten

Today we learned about the letter Q. We talked about what sound it makes and printed the letter Q. We made the letter Q into a quilt. Listen to : Jolly Phonics Letter Q .  We continued to learn about our community. We are creating our very own Tuscany community in our class and started by creating our house out of paper bags.  We will be adding to our community for the next few days. We will be using it as a play center in our class.  We read the story, "How Big is a Foot?" We talked about tall and short and talked about how we measure items. We did a measurement activity where we traced our foot. We then measured our foot with cubes to measure the length.    Listen to  Jack Hartmann Measurement Song   We had gym. What games did we play? Friday is AM kindergarten.  Monday April 26 is a Professional Development Day. There is NO school for students. 

We started our day with writing in our journals. We are getting really good at using the word wall and sounding out beginning sounds to help us write.  We read,  As the Crow Flies: A First Book of Maps  and talked about a special place in our house. We then drew a map to a special place in our house. We tried to make sure we added many details in our map. What space did your child choose to draw and why? We had music and gym.  Friday is AM kindergarten.  Monday April 26 is a Professional Development Day. There is NO school for students. 

We read,  Me On The Map  and talked about what the purpose of a map is and why we use them. We looked at a map of our classroom and talked about where we find items in the class. We used the map to find bears hidden in the class. We used the maps to put our names on the map and then took turns reading the map to go to the spot where our name was.  We also looked at Google Earth and had a closer look at our country, our province, our city, our community and our school. In Math, we compared the length of our names to our classmates names using words shorter , longer and the same. We had gym and we played at centers. Home reading is coming home today. Make sure to find time to read every day :) We are looking for some empty cracker and/or cereal boxes to use in a community building project for this week. We are looking for about 7 boxes per class. 

Today in Kindergarten, we learned about the meaning and the purpose of land acknowledgements and had a sharing circle to say what we are grateful for, then we created a heart map to express our gratitude visually.  Our Kindergarten class had fun exploring the community today. It was a beautiful day to be outside. We went on a kindness community walk. We are learning about community and we wanted to explore in our community to see what we noticed. Along the way we stopped and wrote messages of kindness in chalk for people in our community to enjoy.  Ask your child what they found in our community. How did your child spread kindness?  We had music with Mrs. Coulson.  Thank you for sending in cereal boxes. Have a wonderful weekend! I'm grateful for: Dante- Going outside and going with Daddy. Morne- Going for a walk. Gibson- For my Daddy. Claire- Mommy taking me for a walk. Alice- For my baby brother. Ayzah- I love my brother. Atlas- For peace in the world.  Ramez- ...

Today we added to our Community Booklets with a lesson on essential workers. Ask your child about the helpers we have learned about. Which helper did they draw?  What is the role of that helper in our community? What tools do they use to help them? We had music with Mrs. Coulson. Ask your child about what they did.  In gym, we played fun games that incorporated strength, agility, and balance. There was NO library exchange today. We will have to wait until next week to get new books.  Tomorrow is PM Kindergarten. Please dress for the weather as we will be going on a community walk. Please pack a snack for your child that they can carry in their pocket. Thank you.  We are looking for some empty cracker and/or cereal boxes to use in a community building project for next week. We are looking for about 7 boxes per class. 

Today we learned about how doctors and nurses are community heroes; especially during this pandemic. We discussed how PPE may look a little silly or strange but behind their masks, doctors and nurses are friendly, kind, and caring people who look a lot like the average person. Doctors and nurses help us heal if we are sick or hurt and they are working harder than ever.  We learned about the letter O  and practiced printing O and made the O into an owl. Can you find items at home that start with the letter O? Listen to  Jolly Phonics Letter O Song In math, we did measurement activity that involved cutting out wiggly worms to practice comparing length. We used the words longer, shorter, longest and shortest to describe and compare our worms. In gym, we played three games that helped us practice balance. Our games were Night Guard, Line Tag, and Pool Noodle Relay Races! Friday is PM Kindergarten. We will be going on a community walk in the morning. Please dress for the weath...